In 2016, Karine Le Marchand met Michel Houellebecq. During their exchange, carried out as part of an issue of Inrocks, the host has carted the writer, embarrassed about certain subjects touching the intimate.
This Friday January 7, Michel Houellebecq releases a new novel, entitled Annihilate. On this occasion, Gala invites you to come back to the old writer’s meeting with Karine Le Marchand. Two public figures who don’t seem to have much in common, and yet. Indeed, the 65-year-old essayist is a essential fan of the show Love is in the meadow, presented by the host of M6. In 2016, they had the opportunity to meet, thanks to the magazine Les Inrocks.
Michel Houellebecq was then the editor-in-chief of an issue published five years ago and he took the opportunity to interview Emmanuel Macron, Benoît Poelvoorde and take a look behind the scenes of the program he loves to watch so much. A way of emphasizing the French “terroir”, or even on the scenes during which the animals are in the spotlight on the screen. “It’s really the charm of the show, I think. You are right to take a lot of sheep, it works well. On the other hand, it lacks pigs, while I find it very rewarding”, he called out. On Twitter, the TV host shared a photo of her and the writer, describing their “beautiful encounter” as being however “surrealist”. An adequate word.
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Especially since during their exchange, Michel Houellebecq asked Karine Le Marchand, without going through four paths, if “some farmers” of the show “are virgins”. “Yes, they don’t put it that way, but they make it clear to us. We try to treat this kind of situation with the maximum elegance.”, she replied, before talking about the sexuality of snails. “They do stuff in the ear”, she blurted out with amusement. Something to embarrass the writer and make the host laugh a lot. “It’s still crazy how you are not comfortable talking about ass, Michel, with the books you write!”, she told him with humor, before recovering: “No, but I really like what Michel writes, I carry it!”
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